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The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) annually bestows an honor, regarded as the highest achievable accolade in high school sports and activities, upon 12 individuals with their respective enshrinements into the NFHS National High School Hall of Fame. The Illinois High Sch...
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The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) annually recognizes high school band, choral/orchestral directors, supervisors and adjudicators whose overall contributions have impacted high school activity programs. The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) is proud to announce t...
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History was made at the 2012 IHSA Boys Swimming & Diving State Finals on Friday, February 24, as the 400-Yard Freestyle Relay team from New Trier High School broke the national record for the event.
The Trevian foursome of Max Grodecki, Sam Skinner, Reed Malone and Jack Mangan posted the record...
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The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) is proud to announce the 26 students who have been selected to the 2011-12 All-State Academic Team sponsored by Caterpillar. The 13 male and 13 female honorees of the IHSA’s top academic honor were chosen from a group that included over 450 students ...
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The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) is proud to announce that Belvidere North High School graduate Heriberto “Eddie” Avila has been selected by the IHSA as its nominee for the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) 2012 National Spirit of Sport Award.
The...
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This is just a reminder that the applications for the All State Academic Team are due in the IHSA office Friday, February 10th. (They must be received not postmarked on February 10th)
Applications can be found in the School Center under the principal or athletic director passwo...
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The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) has come out in strong opposition of Illinois Senate Bill 2550 and is urging its member schools and the communities they reside in to speak out against this potentially dangerous legislation.
Senate Bill 2550, which was filed by 53rd District Senator S...
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The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) has officially begun accepting State Final Hosting Bids for its Football State Finals and Dance State Finals, respectively, as the IHSA released the Site Proposal Specifications for both events to interested venues on January 18.
The IHSA Football State...
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The IHSA is pleased to announce a special opportunity for teachers, coaches, and administrators to attend advanced concussion training in 2012. These programs, offered thru the Chicago Concussion Coalition, are free and contain the most up-to-date information on research, education, prevention,...
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All 14 proposals on the ballot in the annual Illinois High School Association (IHSA) member school referendum were approved in voting by the membership last month. The online ballots were tabulated and certified in the IHSA Office Thursday (Jan. 5). All the by-law changes take effect on Ju...
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The blind drawing that determines the state final pairings in bracketed team sports was held at the IHSA Office on Friday, December 2, starting at approximately 9:15 am. This drawing covered girls basketball, boys basketball, dual team wrestling, and Scholastic Bowl.
Paul Morello, announcer at ra...
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Fourteen of the 21 proposals submitted to change the Illinois High School Association Constitution and By-laws were placed on the annual referendum ballot by the Legislative Commission at its second meeting Monday (Nov. 21) in the IHSA Office. Thirty-two of the 35 commissioners attended Monday's mee...
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This weekend IHSA.org debuts a new feature: ScoreZone eXpress.
The ScoreZone eXpress page is designed to get Web users directly to results being posted from ongoing IHSA state series events. During times of heavy Web traffic, the ScoreZone eXpress page will be the first page to appear ...
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The IHSA Legislative Commission reviewed the proposals at its first meeting on Monday, October 31. The proposals, along with the rationale and pros and cons, are available for review.
The proposals will be discussed at town meetings held at various sites throughout the state between Nov...
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The tragic toll from synthetic drug abuse continues to rise in Illinois. To combat this growing epidemic, Attorney General Madigan is convening an emergency synthetic drug summit on Thursday, November 10th. The goal of this summit is to raise awareness and to strategize ways to protect I...
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A total of 21 by-law amendment proposals were received prior to the October 11 deadline from official representatives of IHSA member schools.
The IHSA Legislative Commission will review the proposals at its first meeting on Monday, October 31. Then the proposals will be discussed at tow...
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The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) will broadcast its “2011 Football Playoff Pairing Release Show” on Comcast SportsNet Chicago Plus (CSN+) live from Comcast SportsNet’s downtown Chicago studio on Saturday, October 22 from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.
In Chicagoland, the show will a...
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The hole-by-hole scoring of this weekend's IHSA state final golf tournaments is being brought to you, in part, by the crowd.
Now that mobile phones with Internet technology are commonplace, the IHSA has harnessed the data-gathering technique known as "crowdsourcing" to help provide hole-by-hole cov...
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The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) and Comcast SportsNet Chicago (CSN) have jointly announced that the “2011 IHSA Football Playoff Pairing Release Show” will air live on Comcast SportsNet PLUS (CSN+) on Saturday, October 22 from 8:00 P.M.—10:00 PM. The two-hour program wi...
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Voting for seats on the Illinois High School Association Board of Directors and Legislative Commission closed at midnight on Saturday, October 1, and the results were tallied and certified Monday morning.
Dan Klett, principal at Wauconda, and Jim Boyd, principal at Port Byron (Riverdale), were re...
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